Sensitivity to complexity - an important prerequisite of problem solving mathematics teaching

Torsten Fritzlar

doi:10.1007/BF02652780

Sensitivity to complexity - an important prerequisite of problem solving mathematics teaching

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Sensitivity to complexity - an important prerequisite of problem solving mathematics teaching. / Fritzlar, Torsten.
In: ZDM - Mathematics Education, Vol. 38, No. 6, 11.2006, p. 436-444.

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